Paul Carey, composer-blogger, calls it like he sees it in this rant against music publishing. He speaks against: 1. Formulas They hope we will consistently give them what they want (speaking in the choral publishing world for now, as that is what I do the most): a formulaic 3-4 minute piece, with an […]
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Choral Music for a Tax Day
This is the best I could come up with for April 15:
bobby is back
Don’t miss this interview from NPR on Bobby McFerrin and his new album. On any given night, McFerrin can be found delicately walking a tightrope of vocal improvisation, carrying nothing more than his four-octave vocal range and his childlike sense of play. Next month, he’ll sing and conduct an orchestra in Italy. It’s not a […]
Out of work? Join a choir!
Hat tip, A Cappella News: Teichfischer, 31, lost her job in publishing two years ago. “We thought if you bring people together who have the same situation, then things will be much easier to form a social network,” she says. “It’s really worked out.” She and about three dozen others meet two mornings a week […]
Copeland and Kurt Masur discusses Bach’s St. Matthew
I write this on the morning after my Birmingham Concert Chorale completed a successful performance of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion. What a work! It is a pity that I didn’t enjoy the work until the night of the performance. We only had two months to prepare it – and that is quite difficult for a […]
The essence of rhythm
Dan Kreider gives us another essay – this one about the essence of rhythm: it’s essential that we transmit the essence of the indicated rhythm – not merely the mathematically correct moment for the musical events. The details of rhythmic units are usually easily identified and altered to convey the meaning behind their construction. Of […]